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Tingyi Chen

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Founder at Puzzle Exchange
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Tingyi (Jenny) is a community leader and founder with deep expertise in AI-driven performance marketing and data analytics for luxury brands. A graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she co-founded WalktheCh, growing it to over 60 people, and now leads Puzzle Exchange, a human-first tech community. People who have worked with her describe her as knowledgeable and thoughtful.

Outside of her entrepreneurial ventures, Jenny is passionate about bouldering and exploring the intersection of technology and personal well-being. She has founded a social dining platform, EatwithChef, and actively hosts events that combine coding with practices like Chinese medicine, acupressure, and breath work, reflecting a unique blend of technical and holistic interests.

She created a body journaling app by combining AI and coding, which she named the "Rolling Damage Report. "

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Human-first Tech
Her current venture, Puzzle Exchange, is described as a "human-first tech community, " and her headline reinforces this focus.
Community Building
Demonstrated through founding multiple communities like Puzzle Exchange (tech), EatwithChef (social dining), and fostering a strong company culture at WalktheCh.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Founder
Puzzle Exchange
1-2015
Co-founder & CEO
WalktheChat
11-2024
Founder
7k Miles - B2B Lead Generation
1-2020 - 1-2024
Editor
Next in China
9-2014 - 1-2015
Founder
EatwithChef
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Education
2008 - 2012
Bachelor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2011 - 2011
visiting student
ESCP Business School
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